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There are. IIRC Lundstrom in his The First Team concludes that "Swede" overclaimed, how much cannot remember and I don't have now time to check. But generally claims are just claims, almost everybody overclaimed, some more some less but no need to get fixated to claims, try to find real results.Are there japanese loss record?
I'm seeing claims of enemy fighters (VF), torpedo bombers (VT), dive bombers (VB) and a patrol plane (VP) listed along with a caveat of possible duplicate claims.Yorktown Air Group claimed that every aircraft they shot down was a Zero:
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U.S.S. Yorktown--Action Report of the Battle of the Coral Sea
Shokaku and Zuikaku only had 43 Zeros between them, including the 5 they were transporting.
Tried to post the Long Odds episode of Vejtasa's interview....Need help please.
Scissors (aeronautics) - WikipediaJust watched "Dog fights-long odds" again. The maneuver the Zeros were doing, scissor or rolling scissors, was it similar to the Thach weave?
I have also read that Vejtasa also deliberately cross controlled his Dauntless when a Zero was attacking him. This made his aircraft slip (skid slightly sideways) and the apparent direction of flight was different from the actual direction. Anyone trying to lead him would be aiming where they thought he would be, not where he was going! Everyone missed wide.
Clever guy!
Yes, but I don't have to book to be able to cite them.Are the actual Japanese lossws in first team for that day